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Aryeh Newman (Hebrew: אריה ניומן; born Leonard Newman, 1924 – 20 October 2021) was an Israeli scholar and an expert on Judaica and linguistics. He was a Cambridge University alumnus and an ordained rabbi. He worked many years at the Jewish Agency of the World Zionist Organization, and served as a Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of English as a Foreign Language at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Newman conducted extensive research and teaching in the field of linguistics, and was known for his translation and adaptation of the writings of Nehama Leibowitz.